Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rüppell's Vulture

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Original – A Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii), taken in London Zoo.

Reason: A high resolution image with the vulture in a side-on, no-nonsense pose and illuminated by a narrow area of light, making it stand out against the background.
Articles in which this image appears: Rüppell's Vulture
FP category for this image: Birds
Creator: God Emperor

Support as nominator --God Emperor^Talk 21:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pteronura brasiliensis 18:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support The grass conceals his legs. Brandmeister t 21:53, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The eye is in shadow and the legs are concealed by foliage Hariya1234 (talk) 03:41, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. I'm not keen on wildlife photos when they're taken in captivity, zoos, safari parks etc. From a read of the article, these birds are prevalent in the African desert. It doesn't look like it's in anything close to its natural habitat here. So it seems false, and the EV goes down for me. Matthewedwards : Chat 03:44, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Poor lighting mainly, but as above, not a natural environment. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:34, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]